MC Field/Tag | Note | Can be used to hold. |
Arranger | 1 | The name of the person who Transcribed, Arranged or Orchestrated the Track/Work/Composition |
Chorus | The name of a Chorus and/or Choir performing the Track/Work/Composition | |
Composer | 2 | The name of the Composer of the Track/Work/Composition, i.e. Johann Sebastian Bach. |
Conductor | The name of the Conductor of an Orchestra or the Leader of a Chamber Orchestra or Ensemble performing the Track/Work/Composition. | |
Genre | 3 | The "Western Classical Music Era/Period" the track/work/composition was written in. |
Instrument | 4 | The names of the Instruments performing the Track/Work/Composition. |
Lyricist | The name of the Librettist when the Track/Work/Composition being performed includes lyrics/text (Libretto). | |
Orchestra | The name of the Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble or Band performing the Track/Work/Composition. | |
Movement | The name of a Movement, Act, Scene, Part, or any other identifier used for a distinct structural unit, or division, of an extended musical composition. | |
Soloists | 5 | The name/names of any Instrumental and/or Vocal Soloists performing the Track/Work/Composition. |
Style | The Composition Type, i.e. "Sonata", "Symphony, "Opera", etc. | |
Work | The name of the Composition. |
1 | Is used when the Track/Work/Composition has been Transcribed, Arranged or Orchestrated. |
2 | The MC Ultra Track-Info Plugins must use the Composers Name in its 1st Name 2nd Name Order when looking up The Composers Name on Wikipedia. |
3 | The Western Classical Music Eras/Periods MC Ultra Track-Info Plugins use to switch into "Classical Music Display Mode are - |
Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modernist, Postmodernist and Contemporary | |
N.B. Since some Composers wrote Works/Compositions in Different Era's/Period's the Genre should be that of the Work/Composition and Not the Composer | |
4 | for the purpose of this field/tag - |
A single Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble or Band performing the work/track should be entered as a Single Instrument i.e. Orchestra, | |
Multiple Orchestras, Chamber Orchestras, Ensembles or Bands performing the work/track should be entered as Multiple Instruments i.e. 2 Orchestras | |
Combinations of Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble and/or Band should all be entered as Single Instruments i.e. Orchestra; Band | |
A Single Instrumental Soloist performing the work/track should be entered as an Individual Instrument i.e. Piano | |
Multiple Instrumental Soloists performing the work/track on different instruments should all be entered as Single Instruments i.e. Piano; Violin | |
Multiple Instrumental Soloists performing the work/track on the same instrument should be entered as a Multiple Instruments i.e. 2 Pianos | |
A Single Vocal Soloist performing the work/track should be entered as an Individual Instrument i.e. Vocal Soloist | |
Multiple Vocal Soloists performing the work/track should be entered as a Group of Instruments i.e. Vocal Soloists | |
A Single Choir or Chorus performing the work/track should be entered as an Individual Instrument i.e. Choir | |
Multiple Choirs or Chorus's performing the work/track should all be entered as Multiple Instruments i.e. 2 Choruses | |
Combinations of Choirs and/or Chorus's should all be entered as Single Instruments i.e. Choir; Chorus | |
5 | Since some Soloists, especially Instrumental Soloists, are proficient on more than 1 Instrument I prefer to populate this field using a "Solists Name (Instrument)" format |
Every Soloist performing the work/track should be entered as an Individual entry | |
The only exception being when more than one soloist is performing the work/track on a single instrument, usually piano/keyboard works for 4 or 6 hands, when the soloists should be entered as a single Combined entry. i.e. Pianist 1 & Pianist 2 (Piano 4-hands) |
Field/Tag Name | Note | Data Type. |
Collection (or Box Set) | 1 | String |
Composer's Catalog # | 2 | String |
Composition Group | 3 | String |
Composition Order | 4 | Integer |
Chorus Master | 5 | List |
Date (Performed or Orig Recorded) | 6 | String |
Disc Title | 7 | String |
Original Composer | 8 | List |
Recorded At | 9 | String |
1 | used to hold the Name of a Box Set or Collection, it can also be used with Non-Classical Music. | ||||||||||||||
2 | used to hold any Opus Number and/or Catalogue Numbers assigned to the Work/Composition. | ||||||||||||||
Where a Work/Composition has an Opus No and a Catalogue Number or appears in more than one Catalogue each one can be entered using a comma delimited format i.e. Op. 55, TH 33, ČW 30 | |||||||||||||||
3 | can be used with the "Style" field/tag to group "Composition Types" by a Sub-Type; i.e. if a user decides that the "Style" for Violin Sonatas and Piano Sonatas is "Sonata" so that they are listed under a single heading, they can use this field/tag to provide a way of listing them under a different heading, like Piano Sonata or Music for Piano | ||||||||||||||
4 | can be used to hold the order Works/Compositions were written/composed in when the Composer or Publisher did not assign a Catalogue Number or when the Compositions were composed in a different order to that in the Composer's Catalog. | ||||||||||||||
Opus numbers are meant to indicate the chronological order of musical pieces, although sometimes they indicate the order of publication rather than the exact order of composition. Sometimes it's actually scholars who make chronological catalogues long after the composers have died. | |||||||||||||||
NOTE - Unlike Composer's Catalogue Numbers Opus Numbers are not restricted to an individual composer; Works/Compositions by the Same or Different Composer can have the Same Opus Number.
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Swan Lake; Op. 20, TH 12, CW 12: Act 2 No 13 Dance of the Swans 1 Tempo di valse | Work + Composer Catalog # + Movement |
Symphony No. 6 in B minor "Pathétique": 1. Adagio, Allegro non troppo | Work + Movement |
The Year 1812 in E-flat; Op. 49, TH 49, CW 46 | Work + Composer's Catalog # |
In the Steppes of Central Asia | Work only |
There are two ways of using this field/tag - 1 By manually populating the "Name" field/tag and using its content to populate the "Work", "Composer's Catolog #" and "Movement" fields/tags.
"Composer's Catalog #" will only get populated if the ; is present regardless of if the : is present or absent. "Movement" will only get populated if the : is present "Work" will always get populated by what's in the "Name" even when there is NO "Composer's Catalogue #" and/or "Movement" NOTE. Neither the Colon : or Semi-Colon ; should be used anywhere else in the Name field/tag 2 by using the content from the "Work", "Composer's Catalog #" and "Movement" fields/tags to populate the "Name" field/tag Since the Name field/tag is set up as a String you need to set up 3 Smartlists or Views -
One of the advantages of having a Composer's Catalog # field/tag If in one of your Classical Music Panes Views you add Composer's Catalog # as one of the Categories then clicking on a Composer's Catalog # in the upper window will list all the Tracks for the Work/Composition Assigned/Using that Catalog # in the lower window making it easier to Link all the tracks for a particular Work/Composition. This is particularly useful when, as some Box Set compilers are prone to do, the "Movements" are not on the same disc. I've noticed that sometimes not only are the Movements of some Works/Compositions spread over more than 1 disc they are also not always in Ascending Movement Number Order so you may have to sort them into Movement Number Order before linking them. N.B. Just make sure you are not accidentally Linking the Movements for a Work/Composition performed by 1 Set of Artists to those for the same Work/Composition performed by a different Set of Artists; or when clicking on a Composer's Catalogue # that only contains an Opus No. you are not accidentally Linking the Movements for a Work/Composition by one Composer to those of a Work/Composition by a different Composer that is using the same Opus No. Click on this link to access the Online Version of this Guide - https://englishtiger.uk/etguides/index.html (https://englishtiger.uk/etguides/index.html) Or this one to download a PDF version of the Guide - https://englishtiger.uk/downloads/guides/The_ET_Classical_Music_Tagging_Method.pdf (https://englishtiger.uk/downloads/guides/The_ET_Classical_Music_Tagging_Method.pdf) Or this one to read about other Classical Music Tagging Methods available on the JRiver Media Center Wiki - https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Tagging_Classical_Music (https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Tagging_Classical_Music) |